EP2274521A1 - Procédé pour commander un actionneur - Google Patents
Procédé pour commander un actionneurInfo
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Definitions
- the field to which the disclosure generally relates includes actuators, such as actuators commoniy used to operate valves, vanes, and other types of variable position devices.
- Actuators can be used to controi the position of valves, vanes, and other types of variable position devices that regulate the flow of fluids, for example.
- One exemplary embodiment may include a method for controlling an actuator, comprising: (a) driving the actuator so that a variable position device moves towards a hard stop; (b) determining if a collision takes piace between the variable position device and the hard stop; and (c) if a collision takes place between the variable position device and the hard stop, then determining a current actuator position and resetting a hard stop position with the current actuator position.
- Another exemplary embodiment may include a method for controlling an actuator, comprising: (a) driving the actuator so that a variable position device moves towards a hard stop; (b) monitoring the power supplied to the actuator to sense a collision between the variable position device and the hard stop; and (c) if a collision takes place between the variable position device and the hard stop, then estabiishing a new hard stop position that can be used as a future point of reference.
- Another exemplary embodiment may include a method for controlling an actuator, comprising: (a) obtaining a first lower hard stop position; (b) using the first lower hard stop position as a point of reference when driving the actuator; (c) determining if a collision takes place between a valve and a lower hard stop; (d) if a collision takes place between the valve and the lower hard stop, then obtaining a second lower hard stop position; (e) updating the first iower hard stop position with the second lower hard stop position; and (f) using the second lower hard stop position as a point of reference when driving the actuator.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bypass valve assembly according to one exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 1a is a section view of an exemplary butterfly vaive that is part of the bypass valve assembly of FlG. 1 , wherein the section is taken along the lines 1a-1a in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 2 is a iinear graph depicting the mechanical travel of an exemplary actuator that could be used with the bypass valve assembly of FiG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating at least portions of a method for implementing an initial calibration procedure, according to one exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating at least portions of a method for implementing a soft stop procedure, according to one exemplary embodiment
- FIGS. 4a-4d are graphs illustrating exemplary actuator rates that can be used within a soft stop region
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating at least portions of a method for implementing a collision detection procedure, according to one exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating at least portions of a method for implementing a hard stop drifting procedure, according to one exemplary embodiment.
- Variable position devices such as valves, vanes, etc. can be controlled by actuators using closed-loop feedback, it is usually desirable that the feedback, such as that pertaining to the position of the device, be accurate and precise.
- the desire for precise position feedback is particularly acute for adjustable devices, like modulated valves, that can be moved between a number of discrete positions; not merely on and off states. For example, if an actuator attempts to drive a modulated valve to a partially closed position, knowing the precise position of the valve during operation can be beneficial for avoiding unintended collisions with cooperating components, for precisely metering or controlling fluid flow through the partially closed valve, and for other purposes appreciated by those skilled in the art.
- control method described herein is provided in the context of an exemplary bypass valve assembly for a vehicle engine, it should be appreciated that the control method could be used with one of a number of other applications, including both vehicle and non-vehicle applications.
- suitable vehicle applications include exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and wastegate valves for the engine, as well as variable geometry turbo charger vanes, to name but a few.
- an exemplary bypass valve assembly 10 that may be utilized in a variety of exemplary method embodiments, and may include an actuator unit 12, a linkage 14, and a valve unit 16.
- Actuator unit 12 generally provides the mechanical output that operates valve unit 16 and, according to this embodiment, includes an electric actuator, a governor, and an internal position sensor (none of which are shown).
- the electric actuator can be any type of suitable actuator means familiar to skilled artisans including, for example, brushless motors.
- the governor may be an electronic controller and includes position control logic and other resources needed to execute incoming command messages and control the electric actuator accordingly.
- position sensor determines the position of the electric actuator within actuator unit 12 and can be implemented as one of a variety of known sensing devices, it is also possible for actuator unit 12 to be by powered by hydraulic, pneumatic, or other means known in the art. in this particular embodiment, mechanical output is transferred from actuator unit 12 to linkage 14 via output arm 20, and from linkage 14 to valve unit 16 via input arm 22. Of course, other linkage arrangements and configurations could be used instead.
- Valve unit 16 generally controls the flow of fluid therethrough and can include one of a variety of different valve mechanisms, including the exemplary butterfly valve 24 shown here.
- Input arm 22 is operably connected to valve 24 and can control the position or operating state of the valve by rotating a valve flap 30 about a valve axis 32, as is appreciated by skilled artisans.
- an engine control unit or other electronic device sends a command message to actuator unit 12.
- That command message which can be in the form of a controller area network (CAN) message or the like, typically includes a target position for the electric actuator.
- the governor processes the command message with the target position and generates a setpoint position, which is generally an internal target position used to control the electric actuator.
- the setpoint position can sometimes vary from the target position; this will be subsequently explained in more detail, particularly, in connection with the soft stop procedure.
- the electric actuator moves to the setpoint position, mechanical output is generated by actuator unit 12 and is transferred to valve unit 16 via linkage 14, as already explained.
- the mechanical output drives valve 24 through a range of motion that can extend from a fully closed position to a fully opened position (a partially closed position is shown in FiG. 1a).
- valve flap 30 contacts a lower hard stop 34 which physically restricts the valve from further movement in the closed direction.
- an upper hard stop 36 corresponds to a fully opened position and prohibits valve 24 from opening further beyond this point.
- Hard stops can be provided in a variety of forms and can include embodiments other than the exemplary seating surfaces 34, 36 shown in FIG. 1a.
- a hard stop couid include a motion limiting stop or other component that dictates the range of motion of actuator unit 12, linkage 14, and/or valve unit 16.
- actuator unit 12 includes an internal position sensor that can provide electronic feedback regarding the position of the electric actuator and, hence, valve 24 (the valve position can be calculated as a function of the actuator position).
- the actual and calculated positions of the valve can vary. Because actuator unit 12 and valve unit 16 are separated by the length of linkage 14 they could be subjected to different thermal environments, which in turn could affect the degree of thermal growth experienced by their components. If the components of actuator unit 12 are closer to the engine exhaust, for example, they may expand at a greater rate than those of valve unit 16. in this scenario, calculating the position of valve 24 based on the sensed position of the electric actuator can result in a small error or offset. This error can be further increased by factors such as lash or slop in the system.
- the accuracy of the actuator feedback may be improved by periodically or dynamically resetting the position of the lower hard stop, which can then be used as a future point of reference.
- the current position of the actuator may be determined and the lower hard stop position may be recalibrated with the current actuator position.
- valve 24 or any other variable position device may be operated more precisely in positions near lower hard stop 34. This resetting or recalibration technique may be used in conjunction with other procedures and features, inciuding those described herein.
- FiGS. 2 and 3 a depiction of an actuator path and a flowchart are shown, respectively, which illustrate an embodiment 300 of a method for controlling an eiectric actuator.
- the particular embodiment shown here includes an 'initial calibration procedure' that determines lower and upper hard stop positions 202, 204, each of which is generally used by the method until another hard stop position is subsequently determined.
- the initial calibration procedure is oftentimes executed when the actuator is initiaily powered up or turned on.
- the following description does not make a distinction between actual hard stops that physically restrict the movement of the actuator, and electronic hard stops that electronically restrict the actuator movement in order to provide for tolerances, etc.
- an electronic hard stop couid be positioned just to the right of lower hard stop 202, and an electronic hard stop couid be located just to the left of upper hard stop 204.
- the term 'hard stop' broadly refers to any type of feature, whether it be located in the valve unit or otherwise, that physicaily restricts an actuator range of motion or eiectronicaiiy restricts and actuator range of motion in view of a physical hard stop.
- the actuator drives valve 24 in the open direction until valve flap 30 contacts upper hard stop 36, at which point the current actuator position is measured and stored as upper hard stop position 204.
- the upper hard stop position is generally representative of the furthest point to which the actuator can travel in the open direction, at which point the actuator is physicaiiy restricted from further movement. According to this particular embodiment, the upper hard stop position 204 remains constant and does not change unless another initial caiibration procedure is executed; however, other embodiments where the upper hard stop position is periodically determined or changed could also be used.
- the initial caiibration procedure next determines iower hard stop position 202, and this can be performed in one of several different ways.
- the actuator is driven to the opposite end of its range of motion until vaive flap 30 physicaily contacts iower hard stop 34, at which point the iower hard stop position 202 is measured, step 304.
- a variety of techniques can be used to sense contact between the valve and the iower hard stop, including those subsequently described.
- the actuator span 206 is generally representative of the maximum travel of the actuator, whether it be linear, rotational, etc., and generally extends from the lower hard stop position 202 to the upper hard stop position 204.
- the actuator span can be provided in terms of increments, such as length increments, degree increments, Hall Effect Device (HED) increments, or some other increments known to those skilled in the art. Actuator positions are described below in percentage terms of the actuator span; e.g., lower hard stop position (0%), upper hard stop position (100%), etc. According to the embodiment of FiG.
- step 306 retrieves this information from an electronic memory and calculates the lower hard stop position 202 by using the upper hard stop position 204 and the prior actuator span value. if a prior actuator span value is not available, then step 308 can use a default actuator span value and calculate the lower hard stop position 202 accordingiy.
- an end-of-line (EOL) value could be used for a default actuator span value.
- the EOL value corresponds to a predetermined range of motion that is specific to that particular actuator implementation and can be provided by the actuator manufacturer, for example.
- the upper hard stop position 204 is physically measured and, depending on the circumstances, the lower hard stop position 202 is either physically measured (step 304) or is calculated (steps 306, 308) using the upper hard stop position and an actuator span value.
- the lower hard stop position 202 can be used until a subsequent collision takes place with the lower hard stop, at which point a newly measured or revised lower hard stop position is determined.
- the control method is able to provide a more accurate and current account of that position. This can improve the accuracy of the actuator feedback, particularly in environments where the hard stop positions drift over time due to thermal growth or other phenomenon.
- FIGS. 2 and 4 illustrate a different embodiment 400 of a method for controlling the actuator.
- This method employs a 'soft stop procedure' that generally drives the actuator at a slower actuator rate when the actuator is in a soft stop region to avoid high speed collisions between the vaive 24 and hard stops 34, 36.
- soft stop region 210 can reduce the potential damage to the components of actuator unit 12, linkage 14, valve unit 16, and/or other devices.
- the following description is directed to a soft stop region used with a iower hard stop, however, it should be appreciated that similar soft stop regions can be used with upper hard stops as well.
- control method 400 moves the actuator from an existing position 220 (e.g., 75%) to a target position 222 (e.g., 5%), which is inside soft stop region 210.
- soft stop region 210 extends from iower hard stop 202 (e.g., 0%) to a soft stop position 230 (e.g., 10%).
- the length of soft stop region 210 can be determined as a percentage of the overall actuator span. For example, in this particular embodiment, soft stop region 210 is 10% of actuator span 206. Alternatively, the length of soft stop region 210 could be a fixed vaiue or a value based on some other non-percentage-based method, for example.
- the control method receives a command message to move from the existing position 220 to the target position 222.
- the setpoint position is simply the target position and the actuator is moved to the target position according to one of a number of techniques known in the art, step 404. If, however, target position 222 is within soft stop region 210 - as it is in this example — then the actuator first moves from existing position 220 to soft stop position 230 at a first actuator rate, step 410, and then moves from soft stop position 230 to target position 222 at a second slower actuator rate, step 412.
- the setpoint position i.e., the internal target position used by the actuator governor
- the soft stop position is first set to the soft stop position 230 and, once the actuator reaches the soft stop position, is then set to target position 222.
- step 412 there are several exampies of slower actuator rates that could be used in step 412, including a constant rate (FiG. 4a) and changing rates (FIGS. 4b-d).
- the second actuator rate - i.e., the rate at which the actuator is moved while in the soft stop region - linearly declines until the actuator reaches the target actuator position 222; in FIG. 4c, the second actuator rate exponentially declines; and in FIG. 4d the second actuator rate declines according to a stepped function.
- these rate functions are only provided for purposes of illustration and that other rate functions, including ones that are modifiable, could also be used so long as they are generally slower than the actuator rate in step 410.
- the actuator will remain at the target position 222, step 420, until a new command is received or some other action is taken.
- Various coliision detecting techniques couid be used including, but not limited to, those subsequently described. Because the soft stop procedure is generally designed to minimize the effects of collisions with the hard stops, it is possible to disable the soft stop procedure in certain circumstances. For instance, the soft stop procedure could be disabled when the actuator is moving away from a hard stop.
- step 422 continues driving the actuator in a closed direction so that the valve is firmly pressed against the lower hard stop.
- This procedure which is referred to here as a 'seating procedure', can improve the seal between the vaive and hard stop by driving the valve against the hard stop in a relatively constant manner.
- a 'power limiting mode' can be initiated when the actuator enters soft stop region 210 and is headed towards iower hard stop position 202. This way, if the lower hard stop is encountered, the actuator can continue exerting a seating force against the hard stop, but do so in a manner that does not damage the electric motor.
- the seating duty cycle is ramped or otherwise increased after the valve contacts the hard stop. This increase continues until it reaches a maximum seating duty cycle or the current exceeds a maximum seating current, whichever comes first. It is anticipated that the maximum seating current will clip or otherwise restrain increases in the duty cycie and will maintain the seating duty cycle at a level that is lower than its maximum.
- step 424 determines and resets or recaiibrates the position of the lower hard stop.
- the present control method can improve the accuracy of the actuator feedback. This can be beneficial, particularly in environments where the hard stop positions dynamically change due to factors like thermal growth, etc. It shouid be appreciated that there are different ways in which the hard stop positions could be reset.
- the iower hard stop position 202 could be reset by simply saving a new position over an old position.
- the iower hard stop position 202 couid be reset through the use of different mathematical techniques, including first order filters based on last known values.
- FIG. 5 there is shown another embodiment 500 of a method for controlling an actuator.
- One exemplary embodiment may be directed to a 'collision detection procedure' that generally monitors the power supplied to the actuator to determine if a collision takes place with a hard stop. It should be appreciated that while the following description is directed to a collision detection procedure being performed within a soft stop region 210, it is possible to use these collision detection features outside of a soft stop region.
- the method monitors the amount of power supplied to the actuator.
- the current and/orreage provided to the actuator could be observed; in the cases of hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, other variables representative of actuator power could be monitored.
- the power supplied to the actuator is expected to rise.
- one exemplary embodiment compares the sensed actuator power to a collision threshold. If the sensed actuator power meets or exceeds the collision threshold, then a collision timer is initiated in step 504. If the sensed power does not exceed the collision threshold, then it is assumed that a collision has not taken place and a collision flag is set to O', step 510. Momentary surges in actuator power can sometimes occur without there being physical contact with a hard stop. Thus, method 500 may further require that the actuator power exceed the collision threshold for a certain amount of time (referred to as the collision duration) before determining that a collision has occurred. If the collision timer does not exceed the collision duration, it will again be assumed that no collision has occurred and the collision flag wiil be set to O'.
- the collision duration a certain amount of time
- the present method will assume that a collision with a hard stop has occurred and the collision fiag will be set to 'V, step 512.
- the collision threshold is between 0.5 watts - 10 watts, inclusive
- the collision duration is between 10 ms - 1 s, inclusive.
- FiG. 6 there is shown another embodiment 600; namely, an embodiment that uses a 'hard stop drifting procedure' to account for changes in the positions of the hard stops.
- method 600 can be used to account for movement of lower hard stop 34 due to thermal growth or other forces - a phenomenon sometimes referred to as drifting or creeping - when the valve 24 is seated against it.
- the following description discusses two exemplary drifting situations: a first situation where the lower hard stop drifts upwards towards the upper hard stop, and a second situation where the lower hard stop drifts downwards away from the upper hard stop.
- the actuator is seated at lower hard stop position 202 when the lower hard stop drifts upwards to a new lower hard stop position 202' (new actuator positions shown in broken tines).
- Step 602 measures the new lower hard stop position 202' and calculates a new actuator span 206' based thereon.
- the new lower hard stop position 202' can simply be saved over the previous iower hard stop position, or step 602 can use techniques such as first order filters to establish it, as previously explained.
- the method checks to see if the newly shifted actuator span 206' extends beyond upper hard stop 204 and, if it does, the actuator span is truncated accordingly. As demonstrated in FIG. 2, actuator span 206' has been truncated or cut short so that it does not extend beyond upper hard stop position 204.
- This 'span limiting procedure' can be desirable in that it prevents the actuator from operating in a range of motion that is beyond its physical boundaries, yet truncates the span at an upper end where precision valve controi is less important. Stated differently, most applications like valve 24 are less concerned about precisely controlling the valve in a fully opened position as they are about precisely controlling the valve in a fully closed position.
- the shifted actuator span 206' does not exceed the upper hard stop position 204, there is no need to truncate the actuator span. In those cases, the shifted actuator span 206' and previous actuator span 206 would be of the same length.
- step 612 If the new iower hard stop position 202" has extended beyond a collision tolerance point 274, then step 612 generates an error message and, depending on the application, can possible disable the actuator, if the actuator has shifted so much that the lower hard stop is beyond the collision tolerance point 274, it is oftentimes evidence of a mechanical actuator problem, such as broken gears or linkage members, if the lower hard stop position has not surpassed collision tolerance point 274 — i.e., it is within an acceptable range of operation - then the new actuator positions calculated in step 602 can be used.
- One or more of the methods and procedures described above couid utilize an 'integrator reset' feature that resets an integration value in certain situations. For instance, if the governor employs an integrated pulse-width modulated (PWM) control, the integration factor can wind-up or increase when valve 24 is contacting one of the hard stops, if this occurs, the integrator reset feature can reset the integration factor to a predetermined or calibratable value.
- PWM pulse-width modulated
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